Ubisoft has revealed the next downloadable content expansion for Assassin's Creed: Revelations, due to hit Xbox Live and PSN on January 24. Titled "Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack", the map bundle extends Assassin's Creed Revelations' stealthy multiplayer component with six new maps, each introducing unique play styles through varied terrain, perches and hideouts.

Players can journey to the majestic holy city of Jerusalem, the opulent imperial district of Constantinople and the colourful mercantile district of Dyers. Fans of the franchise can also revisit favourite Italian Renaissance maps from Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood specifically requested by Assassin’s Creed players to be included in the pack. To start, players will explore the historic city of Firenze (Florence), then travel to the mountains of San Donato and visit night time Siena with its carnival lights, talented performers and deadly hiding spots.

For more on Assassin's Creed: Revelations, check out the AusGamers review here or swing by our game page for screenshots and trailers.

For fans of the Assassin's Creed series, you're finally about to get some closure.

It's arguable this should have come with the last Assassin's Creed outing Brotherhood, but Ubisoft felt they had too many loose ends to tie up before they could jump the series ahead to another era and another assassin proper, and Revelations is meant to not only be the series closer, in its current form, but also the stepping stone into the future of the franchise.

Does it deliver this in a compelling way? We asked Patrick Stafford to run it through its paces -- as an avid fan of the previous outing -- and he came away with mixed feelings.

In what is becoming something of an industry standard, Ubisoft today revealed that their forthcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations would be 3D ready across all three major platforms: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 players can take advantage of TriOviz Inficolor 3D support and dive deeper into the war between Assassins and Templars with 3D glasses. Assassin’s Creed Revelations is also compatible with all 3DTVs using top/bottom, side-by-side and frame packing via HDMI 1.4. Assassin’s Creed Revelations on the PC is compatible with NVIDIA 3D Vision.

Obviously for some, 3D enhances the experience while for others it can be a hindrance. Drop us a line in the Comments to let us know your preference when it comes to 3D gaming.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations is due to release in the busy month of November on the 15th for console and the 29th for PC.

Continuing the trend of disapointing desktop gamers, Joystiq is reporting on a statement from Ubisoft that the PC launch of the hotly anticipated Assassins Creed Revelations will also lag behind its console counterparts:

"Assassin's Creed Revelations will launch on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 15 and PC in December."

The news follows Ubisoft's similar recent delays of From Dust and Driver: San Francisco.

On a lighter note, two new trailers for the game made their way online today -- a gameplay trailer showcasing the new hookblade mechanic and a promo vid boasting of the popularity of the recent PS3 beta test.

Ubisoft have sent through a reminder to PlayStation 3 owners that the Assassin's Creed: Revelations multiplayer beta, exclusive to Sony's console, kicks off today for PSN users (it was originally only available to PlayStation Plus or Uplay members), but for the limited time of September 8 - September 11.

The multiplayer beta offers access to nine characters (The Sentinel, The Vanguard, The Guardian, The Vizier, The Thespian, The Deacon, The Bombardier, The Trickster and The Champion), three maps (Knight’s Hospital, Antioch, Constantinople) and four playable modes (Wanted, Manhunt, Deathmatch, and Artifact Assault), which are only a sample of the final multiplayer content.

Just jump into the PlayStation Store and follow the prompts to participate.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations arrives on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC this November 15.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This seems to be the mantra that many a publisher applies to their respective series that have regular releases. Take Assassin’s Creed for example. There’s a new game, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, scheduled for release mid-November that continues the story of Ezio; apparently, tying things in more closely with the seemingly abandoned Altaïr from the original game.

“Assassin’s Creed Revelations follows master assassin Ezio Auditore as he walks in the footsteps of his legendary mentor, Altaïr, on a journey to recover five ancient seals that hold the keys to the future of the Assassins brotherhood. It is a perilous path – one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilize the region.”

Take a look at the gameplay trailer below and we’ve uploaded some new screenshots to the Revelations game page.

Thanks to the fine folk at Ubisoft’s Aussie HQ, AusGamers was among a small selection of publications that were invited to check out a couple of of big-hitter titles ahead of their reveals at the Ubisoft E3 Press Conference one of which was Assassin's Creed Revelation.

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, off the bat, is the game that’s going to tie the last three games together. It’s going to tie all of the loose strings and synchronise everything, so that the already convoluted and expansive Assassin’s Creed universe finally has some structure and you, as the player, some narrative reward for all your hard work.

A few weeks have past since the official unveiling of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, the next game in the successful franchise that will see players once again returning to the tale of Ezio Auditore in during The Renaisance period, but we only had one solitary screenshot to look at.

Today, Ubisoft have thrown another couple of bones our way with two more images and a teaser trailer.

Assassin’s Creed Revelations follows master assassin Ezio Auditore as he walks in the footsteps of his legendary mentor, Altaïr, on a journey to recover five ancient seals that hold the keys to the future of the Assassins brotherhood. It is a perilous path – one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilise the region.

Unfortunately however, the debut clip, titled "New Truths" appears to only be a pre-cursor to another trailer that's due for release on June 6th, the day of Ubisoft's E3 conference. In other words: thank you Ezio, but our trailer is in another castle.

Nevertheless, check out the embed below (or click here for HD) to pass your own judgement.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations is due on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and PC (apparently without a delay this time) in November 2011.

Many people speculated this would be the year we finally the next official chapter in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise, but today the publisher announced yet another entry in the story of AC2's Ezio Auditore.

In Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, master assassin Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of his legendary mentor, Altaïr, on a journey of discovery and revelation. It is a perilous path – one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilise the region.

Multiplayer also returns, and we have but one single image to show you today, with a promise from Ubi we'd see, and learn, more at this year's E3, so stay tuned.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations is due to arrive on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this November.